Where does “ఐదుగురు” come from?

ఐదుగురు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఐదు, from Proto-Dravidian *caymtu.

ఐదుగురు (Telugu): five persons

Definitions

  1. five persons

Ancestry of “ఐదుగురు”, step by step

ఐదుగురు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఐదు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఐదు5; five
2Proto-Dravidian*caymtu—

via Telugu గురు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguగురు—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *caymtu →Every word from Telugu ఐదు →